For the past few days I’ve been covering the death of a Guatemalan man whose body was found early Tuesday morning in his backyard. Police confirmed the identification of Emilio DeJesus Ramirez-Buezo yesterday.

We already knew the name on Tuesday after I interviewed Buezo’s brother, Alvaro Buezo. Buezo was nervous about talking to me because he said that police did not want him talking to anyone since it may impede the investigation. I still managed to get some details from Buezo about his older brother’s life and death.

Alvaro said he observed Emilio the morning he was found—before police were called—and noticed bruises and blood coming from his mouth. He also said that his brother was wearing  shorts, T-shirt and one sock. Other people we spoke with yesterday said Emilio was actually wearing boxer shorts.  Either way, Alvaro was hesitant to say whether he thought his brother had been killed, because he said he didn’t know what people looked like when they died.

The cops yesterday explained the bruising as postmortem lividity. The term means discoloration of the skin after death. The chief of police also said it was “his understanding” that there was no blood coming from Emilio’s mouth. The explanations came after Mount Kisco police released a statement saying that an autopsy on Emilio conducted by the Westchester County Medical Examiner showed no evidence of foul play as the cause of his death. A call to the Westchester ME for confirmation was referred back to the Mount Kisco Police Department.

The case remains open. A cause of death has not been determined on the 37-year-old man. We did hear from community members that he was a heavy drinker. Maybe he drank too much that night? Maybe he choked on his own vomit? I would think though that the ME would have noted the latter.

I guess we will have to wait for toxicology reports for a clearer picture of what may have happened that night. For more on this story, check it out here.